
| Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport Aeroporto de Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade |
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| IATA: PLU ICAO: SBBH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Operator | Infraero | ||
| Serves | Belo Horizonte | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,589 ft / 789 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19°5104S 043°5702W / 19.85111°S 43.95056°W | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 13/31 | 2,505 | 8,220 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Passengers | 561,189 | ||
| Aircraft Operations | 57,776 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | not available | ||
| Sources: Airport Website[1], Infraero[2] | |||
Belo Horizonte Airport (IATA: PLU, ICAO: SBBH), officially known as Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, is an airport located in the Pampulha district, eight kilometers from Belo Horizonte downtown, in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
On November 16, 2004, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva officially changed the name of the airport to Aeroporto de Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, in homage to Brazilian writer Carlos Drummond de Andrade, born in Itabira, a city in the state of Minas Gerais.
In April 2005, the state's government decided to move most of its traffic to Tancredo Neves International Airport (Confins), because Pampulha could not handle the amount of traffic it was receiving. Since then only aircraft with a capacity of up to 50 passengers can operate here. Therefore, most of the flights are related to intrastate journeys and to/from adjoining states, and general aviation.
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| Passaredo | Ribeirão Preto, São José do Rio Preto |
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